Journeys of Jackman ..The wanderings, musings, learning and thoughts from one man who woke up

Oh Stuff and Nonsense

I FIND THAT BELIEVERS IN A GODLESS UNIVERSE ALMOST CONSTANTLY STRIVE TO PROVIDE A RULEBOOK OF ORDER FOR, WELL PRETTY MUCH FOR EVERYTHING IN EXISTENCE ... I DID... TOO MUCH ORDER, NOT ENOUGH LOVE

I FIND EQUALLY THAT BELIEVERS IN A DIVINE POWER TEND TOWARD A GOD OF CONSEQUENCE, A 'GUVNOR' WHO MADE US, AND IN THAT MAKING TAKES PALPABLE RESPONSIBILTY FOR OUR NATURE, WHICH OF COURSE DESPITE ALL THE BEST EXPRESSIONS OF RESPONSIBILTY INVITES HUMANITY TO A PERFECT AVOIDANCE...TIS THE ALMIGHTY'S FAULT...
I HARKEN NEITHER TO GREAT IDOMS OF SCIENCE, NOR PARTICULARLY ANY THEOLOGY, BUT I HAVE COME TO WONDERING HOW SIMILAR THIS SEEMS TO THE RELATIONAL CONCEPT OF CLINGING AND AVOIDING; TO THOSE INFANT SKILLS PARTICULARLY PROMINENT IT SEEMS TO ME IN OUR TOP DOWN ''WHOSE IN CHARGE' SOCIETY.

SO WHAT DO YOU THINK? DO WE LIVE IN A WORLD OF ABSOLUTES, OR A WORLD OF INFINTITE POSSIBILITIES. SEEMS TO ME THAT EITHER OF THE PATHS A MAJORITY HAVE TAKEN FOR SOME TIME NOW HAVE LIMITS IMPOSED BY THE VERY PEOPLE THAT PERPERTRATE THEIR MESSAGE, AND I FOR ONE HAVE CHOSEN NOT TO BELIEVE IN LIMITS. AND HEH I DON'T BELIEVE THIS VIEW DEVALUES RELIGION, SCIENCE OR SPIRITUALITY, TIS MY VIEW IT PERHAPS JUST PUTS THEM EACH BACK TO THEIR PROPER PLACE..... JUST MY THINKING

Worldwide obesity has nearly doubled since 1980.In 2008, more than 1.4 billion adults, 20 and older, were overweight. Of these over 200 million men and nearly 300 million women were obese.
35% of adults aged 20 and over were overweight in 2008, and 11% were obese.
65% of the world's population live in countries where overweight and obesity
kills more people than underweight.More than 40 million children under the age of five were overweight in 2011.
Obesity is preventable. GOD'S RESPONSIBILTY OR OURS?

I LIKE THIS TOO... That deep emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms my idea of God.
Albert Einstein

In 2010 - 2012 statistics indicated that around 850 million people were severely undernourished, this translates to around 15% of the worlds population
AND ONCE MORE GOD, THE UNIVERSE, OR OUR RESPONSIBILITY?

I LIKE THIS...You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection.....
Buddha

I guess we can only hope that some time soon our smart theologians, scientists, generals, and empire builders turn their attentions to solving this little 2 plus 2 conundrum ... Of course tis only my thinking

I LIKE THIS - Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality. When we recognize our place in an immensity of lightyears and in the passage of ages, when we grasp the intricacy, beauty, and subtlety of life, then that soaring feeling, that sense of elation and humility combined, is surely spiritual. So are our emotions in the presence of great art or music or literature, or acts of exemplary selfless courage such as those of Mohandas Gandhi or Martin Luther King, Jr. The notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both - CARL SAGAN